We're totally different…
Yet…so similar.
Who are we?
Are we the same?
Or are we just alike?

Viper grumbled as she waited. She was doing a bit of charity work, a stunt show to be specific.

It seemed that was all I was doing these days since I was on my own. I wasn't in my mother's league of stealing yet, but I was far better than most people…especially those H.I.V.E. kids. They didn't know the meaning of "stealth".

But…I felt bad about stealing. I didn't need it to survive at an early age like my mother did, so my morals are different than my mother's.

Viper shook her head. Now was not the time to think. Now was the time to act.

"You okay?" a voice asked.

Viper spun around to see a younger girl four inches shorter than herself.

She had straight, dusty brown hair and tan skin. She wore a black sweatshirt with a grey silhouette of a wolf, some trees, and some sort of elf with two moons and the words, "to hunt, to howl, to live free!" in orange. The girl also wore grey cargo shorts. But that wasn't what caught Viper's attention at first.

The girl's eyes were a bright shade of yellow. An eerie yellow, like the kind you see in wolf or cat eyes. Viper felt like the girl was staring right into her soul…

The second thing that caught Viper's attention was a wolf tail the same color as the girl's hair. It slowly went back and forth, almost absentmindedly.

Viper snapped out of it, "I'm fine…just doing some unnecessary thinking."

"Ah…not the sort of thing you want before a stunt show," the girl replied with a nod.

"How old is this chick? 14, 15? But she acts like she knows a lot…like an old woman," Viper thought to herself.

Viper smiled, "Exactly…name's Viper. You?"

"…I don't exactly have a name right now," the girl replied.

Viper blinked, "What? Why?"

"Because I'm trying to lay low. My brother was captured by a gang and I'm trying to find him," the girl sighed, "Sorry…actually, I do have a name, but I can't share it. I don't want my relatives to find me."

Viper replied, "I know how that is…how about we think up a name right now, while we're waiting for the Goddamn show to start."

The girl blinked, "You'd do that…for me?"

"Heck, I'll do it for anyone who's nice enough to ask me if I'm okay," Viper replied as she sat down on a nearby bench. She patted the spot next to her.

The girl hesitated a moment, but then sat next to Viper.

Viper replied, "Okay…so first things first, what animal does that tail belong to?"

"A Mexican grey wolf," the girl replied.

Viper nodded, "Okay…how long have you been alone?"

"Three or so years," the girl answered.

Viper's smile grew, "Then the name has been lookin' you in the face for a while."

"It has?"

"Yeah. Wolf," Viper replied.

The girl thought a moment, "It fits. My howl, the tail, my standoff-ish-ness…"

"Okay. Call me Wolf then," the newly dubbed Wolf replied.

Viper smiled, "Will do, Wolf."

"Now…the moment you've been waiting for…STEEL CITY'S CHARITY STUNT SHOW WILL NOW BEGIN!" the loud speakers echoed.

"'Bout time," Wolf and Viper said in unison. They looked at each other and laughed.

Viper wrote down her number, "If you ever have need of me, just call this number, k?"

Wolf took the number and put it in one of her pockets, "I'll keep that in mind."

Music began playing.

Viper and Wolf smiled, "I love this song!"

They looked at each other, "You like Superchick too?"

"Yeah! They rock!" Viper cheered as they went out on stage.

Wolf grinned, "Agreed. Now…let's show these people how to rock!"

It's weird...
...how we're eerily alike.
Like two puzzle pieces.
I have a feeling...
...that we'll make a good team.